For this quick episode of the MVictors History Show I took a look at interesting Michigan Football uniform changes over the years. In particular, I examine the wolverine or ‘wolverbear’ patch U-M wore on its uniform for most of the 1962 season. It started with the game against Army played on October 6, 1962 in Ann Arbor.
Bump Elliott’s Michigan team finished just 2-7 that year but beat #10 Army in the game that debuted the “wolverbear” patch.
Here’s the full story, or at least as much as I know:
So why did we wear this?